diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 38bb6272..636a595a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ You're more than welcome to work on this extension. Check [issues](../../issues/
 or add your own suggestions and start discussion. Then create fork or branch and Pull Request once it's ready.
 
 ## Setup
-- JDK 11
+- JDK 11 & 17
 - GraalVM for native test run, check [Quarkus Contributing guide](https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#setup) for more details.
 
 ### IDE Config and Code Style
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 600d9456..8c31fefd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
     <url>https://github.com/Tietoevry/quarkus-resteasy-problem</url>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <java.version>17</java.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>